How to fix my graphene heatsink

hermesa · 2025-02-18T16:45:53+0000

The drive is TeamGroup Cardea A440 1TB and it comes with graphene heatsink and aluminium heatsink.I never used the aluminium heatsink because it doesn't do the job about temperatures and instead of that I used it with graphene heatsink + motherboard heatsink and that's the best combo for cooling this drive so far.The problem is that due to many mounting and dismounting the graphene heatsink lost it's ''glue potential'' and now it doesn't stay on the drive anymore... Any ideas how I can reattach it without damaging the motherboard or the drive ? Like some glue/tape or something ?

Solaris17 · 2025-02-18T16:51:00+0000

hermesa said:
Like some glue/tape or something ?

and add another layer?

If you absolutely must maybe tacking opposing edges with a dot of thermal paste to keep it in place might help.

Personally Id consider this lost and move on.

eidairaman1 · 2025-02-18T19:14:04+0000

Get some thermal expoxy and leave it on there

LabRat 891 · 2025-02-18T19:46:00+0000

eidairaman1 said:
Get some thermal expoxy and leave it on there

Best solution, but too permanent for my personal experiences. -I end up moving drives around a lot.

3M Thermal Adhesive pad would be my first search.
(I'd be tempted to try some of that silicone reusable adhesive 'gecko tape', but it's not meant for the application.)

Bill_Bright · 2025-02-18T20:04:44+0000

Solaris17 said:
If you absolutely must maybe tacking opposing edges with a dot of thermal paste to keep it in place might help.

eidairaman1 said:
Get some thermal expoxy and leave it on there

Thermal "epoxy" would give me pause. Not that I would ever want to remove the heatsink once properly applied, but epoxy would be considered a permanent bond and thus might damage the chip should you one day wish to remove the heatsink.

There are "adhesive" TIMs (thermal interface materals) often used to mount heatsinks to devices that don't have a heatsink mounting mechanism. Chipsets, for example used to use them alot. So I agree with LabRat 891 and perhaps an adhesive pad or actual adhesive TIM - for a semi-permanent bond. Note this is still an adhesive so does still create a strong bond. For that reason, thermal adhesives are NOT recommended for devices with integrated heat shields like CPUs and GPUs - unless you want to rip the lid off or risk damage the pins.

That said, if certain you want a permanent bond, MasterBond makes some excellent epoxy pastes.

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How to fix my graphene heatsink

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